Koch, Theodore
Person
Biographical Note
Theodore (Ted) Koch is a donor to the Aircraft Engine Historical Society (AEHS).
Biographical Information (from 7 September 2025 email): "In my early career I worked as a Pratt & Whitney Aircraft [P&WA] experimental test development engineer. I developed and tested engines and [engine] components, and [was part of] the fuel cell development for the Apollo Space Program. I was part of the launch team for the first six Apollo launches at KSC [Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida].
As a P&WA Area Director, I became a customer technical representative covering Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
After retirement from P&WA, I contracted to Martin-Marietta [Company] to develop and implement a Customer Service Department for their recently purchased engine nacelle manufacturing program.
Later I became a supplier to antique aircraft refurbishers making unique individual hardware pieces."
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:
A Brief History of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation [Promotional brochure], 1940
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.016
Identifier: 20170176
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales and marketing (Promotional).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Company marketing brochure with numerous drawings and photographs. Traces the evolution of the company from the first days of the Wright brothers to May of 1939 when Pan American Clippers using Wright Cyclone engines "inaugurated passenger service to Europe via airplane" and Wright engines are "providing...
Dates:
Publication: 1940
A Pictorial Review of United Aircraft Corp at War
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.014
Identifier: 20170264
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: An illustrated booklet published by United Aircraft Corporation to depict, commemorate and celebrate the companie's efforts during World War II. UAC is the parent of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines, Hamilton Standard Propellers, Chance Vought Aircraft, and Sikorsky Aircraft.Contents: Opens with simple...
Dates:
Publication: 1945-03
Aero Engines: With A General Introductory Account of the Theory of the Internal Combustion Engine
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 069, Call No.: TL 701 .B8 1917
Identifier: 20180004
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Written by G. A. Burls, M.Inst.C.E, "Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers; Whitworth Exhibitioner." (from the "Preface to the First Edition" [1914]):
"A short course of lectures on Aero Engines was given by the author at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute during 1914. On the suggestion of Mr Charles E. Larard, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., Head of the...
Dates:
Publication: 1917
"Aerodynamic Characteristics of a 4-Engine Monoplane Showing Comparison of Air-Cooled and Liquid-Cooled Engine Installations" [Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in July 1939] (NACA Wartime Report L-471), 1939-07, 1947-05-05
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20170261
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference).
Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-471, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in July 1939.
Scope: NACA research report by Abe Silverstein and Herbert A. Wilson, Jr.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
Publication: 1939-07; Issued: 1947-05-05
Aircraft Diesels (2nd Printing), 1940, 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 103, Call No.: TL 704.2 .W47
Identifier: 20170272
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical monograph written for a knowledgable audience by Paul H. Wilkinson. From back flap: "Mr. Wilkinson served his engineering apprenticeship with the British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd. (English branch of the General Electric Company). Later, he went to the Royal Aircraft Establishment and spent most of his time during the World...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1940
Aircraft Engine Mechanics Manual (2nd Printing), 1932, 1934-10
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 139, Call No.: TL 701 .M65
Identifier: 20170270
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Textbbok written by C. John Moors "Chief Instructor, Department of Mechanics, Air Corps Technical School, United States Army"From Preface: "Safety in flying depends largely upon the reliability of the engine; this can be attained only by skillful operation, maintenance, and repair. The engine manufacturer employs only the highest grade of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1932; Issued: 1934-10
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1944 (2nd Edition), 1944, 1944-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 088, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1944
Identifier: 20170275
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (2nd Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in January 1944 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, [American] Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and author of: Diesel Aircraft Engines, 1936; Aircraft Diesels,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944-01
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1954 (12th Edition), 1954, 1954-05
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 089, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1954
Identifier: 20170278
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (12th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in May 1954 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1954; Publication: 1954-05
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1956 (14th Edition), 1956, 1956-05
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 090, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1956
Identifier: 20170281
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (14th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in May 1956 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1956; Publication: 1956-05
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1957 (15th Edition), 1957, 1957-07
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 091, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1957
Identifier: 20170283
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (15th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in July 1957 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute...
Dates:
Copyright: 1957; Publication: 1957-07